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Second Update of June 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

15th Jun 2020 • 0 Comments

Below is this week’s summary. It should be a one minute read relevant to UK energy with links to documents for those who wish to read more.

(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article)

Tuesday – 9th June

China is threatening to pull out of new nuclear investments in UK such as south east England Bradwell plant in response to UK Government announcements of developing 5G without Chinese company HuaWei.

BBC describes plans for a small town in north of England to be heated using warm waters from abandoned coal mines. Report states that potential is high because a quarter of British homes live above coal-fields.

Wednesday – 10th June

In this BBC article, National Grid says that, so far this year, electricity generation from renewable sources has been 37% compared with 35% from coal and gas combined. Nuclear power contribution was 18% and imports contributed about 10%.

Germany is backing hydrogen as a key part of a future low carbon economy with hopes of becoming a global leader in the developing technologies.

The Independent reports that the UK Government is considering a scheme to pay drivers £6000 to scrap a petrol or diesel vehicle and purchase a battery-electric vehicle.

Friday – 12th June

Ten of the UK’s largest gas networks and energy supply companies have written to the UK government arguing for policies and regulatory frameworks that encourage and support investment in hydrogen in the future UK energy supply.

A company celebrates a milestone in supplies of imported natural gas to off-grid businesses which require heat, steam or process energy with a lower emissions’ fuel compared with the usual diesel and other refined liquid hydrocarbons.

Sunday – 14th June

Scotland has opened the first offshore wind licensing round in a decade with hopes for a dramatic growth in offshore renewable power generation around its coast and forming part of Scotland’s ‘Green Recovery’.

Fourth Update of April 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

28th Apr 2020 • 0 Comments

Below is this week’s summary. It should be a one minute read relevant to UK energy with links to documents for those who wish to read more.

(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article)

Monday – 20th April

A consortium of industrial power suppliers and end-users has been awarded funds from UK Government to support plans to make Humberside in eastern England the first industrial cluster to be ‘de-carbonised’ by 2040. The plans depend upon production of hydrogen and Carbon capture and storage.

Tuesday – 21st April

Industry body Oil and Gas UK has stated that UK offshore oil and gas met approximately two-thirds of UK oil and gas demand and almost half of total energy in 2019.

Article describes UK Government data showing biomass share of electricity generation has multiplied three-fold in the previous 10 years. Total power generation from all renewable sources, including biomass, has increased four-fold.

Wednesday – 22nd April

A project in NW England, aiming to become the UK’s first net-zero industrial cluster, using hydrogen and Carbon capture and storage, has received government funding in order to develop a plan.

Cargoes of liquid natural gas from the USA have been cancelled by Asian and European importers due to lower demand from the current business environment.

Thursday – 23rd April

Plans are being made to use heat from water in flooded former coal mines in northern England to heat homes.

Friday – 24th April

The fine spring weather across the UK meant that on Monday 20th April 2020 solar power generation broke a record. At peak generation solar power provided 30% of the electricity supply, generating 9.7 GW (for context UK electricity demand during the week varied between 20 and 30 GW).

Sunday 26th – April

EDF is preparing to submit an application for a large nuclear power station (Sizewell C) to be constructed on the English east coast.

Second Update of April 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

14th Apr 2020 • 0 Comments

Below is this week’s summary. It should be a one minute read relevant to UK energy with links to documents for those who wish to read more.

(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article)

Monday – 6th April

International Renewable Energy Agency has announced that almost 3/4 of new global electricity generation capacity was from renewable sources during 2019.

Tuesday – 7th April

UK has 8.5 GW of ground-mounted, large-scale solar power generation capacity. The capacity was zero in 2010 (for context UK demand was 28 GW at time of writing).

UK Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry targeting technologies which can help meet net-zero emissions targets. First session focuses on offshore wind. UK has the biggest offshore wind market in the world.

Wednesday – 8th April

Article shows that renewables were the greatest contributor to UK electricity generation for a full quarter for the first time. During Q1 2020, 44.6% of power came from renewable sources. 29% came from gas plants; 15% from nuclear, 3.7% from coal and 7% imported.

Thursday – 9th April

Thousands of British households were paid to use electricity from a supplier last week as good weather caused a surge in renewable energy and demand was low.

Houston Chronicle reports that the first (4) LNG tankers from USA in a year are heading to China due to progress in trade talks.

Friday – 10th April

A recent national survey in USA showed very strong support for offshore wind power generation across both the main political parties.

Fourth Update of March 2020 – An overview of last week’s Energy news

3rd Apr 2020 • 0 Comments

Below is this week’s summary. It should be a one minute read relevant to UK energy with links to documents for those who wish to read more.

(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article)

Monday – 23rd March

BBC describes results of a multi-national study which shows that electric cars produce less emissions than those using diesel and petrol over the life of the vehicle except in places where coal dominates electricity generation such as present-day Poland.

Thursday – 26th March

UK Government documents show 2019 greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by 3.6% compared with the previous year and 45% compared with 1990. Energy supply sector is the biggest contributor to the change due to coal power being replaced with gas and renewable power generation. Total power generation also continues to drop.

Saturday – 28th March

A US article suggests a way to achieve net-zero emissions is by making ‘natural’ gas (methane) using over-capacity from ever-growing renewable energy with carbon capture and storage. The piece introduces the ‘duck curve’ showing average daily fluctuations in delivered load and demand leading to steadily increasing ‘waste’ or excess wind.

Sunday – 29th March

UK electricity demand dropped 10% overall during the previous week as industry and businesses ‘locked down’.

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